A STOP BY THE WOODS; STORY HOUR CAPTIVATES KIDS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - While it rained outside, it was all about snow indoors, as 2- and 3-year-olds listened and sang songs at a snow-themed storytime Tuesday at the Grant R. Brimhall Library The Grant R. Brimhall Library serves as the main Thousand Oaks Library building. It is controlled by the Thousand Oaks Library System, which also controls the Newbury Park Branch Library. The Grant R. Brimhall Building is located on Janss Rd. near State Route 23. . About 12 toddlers, accompanied by parents and grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl , participated in fingerplays about snowmen as a storyteller bundled in scarf and hat read a poem by Robert Frost called ``Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" was written in 1922 by Robert Frost, and was published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. Imagery and personification are prominent in the work. .'' ``I love librairies and children's literature children's literature, writing whose primary audience is children. See also children's book illustration. The Beginnings of Children's Literature The earliest of what came to be regarded as children's literature was first meant for adults. because they helped me through hard parts of my childhood,'' said storyteller S. Valladares, 27, a library employee. She performs these readings, she added, ``to pass on the pleasure of reading, to encourage (children) to check out books from the library.'' Two-year-old Adriann Santer could hardly sit still, mimicking Valladares' fingers as they portrayed snow falling. After the 30-minute program, Adriann tried on the storyteller's knit cap and announced she was taking it home. ``The kids are just in awe,'' said Thousand Oaks resident Andrew Santer, Adriann's dad. ``I've been to other commercial programs, but they don't seem to caputure the kids' attention like the library programs do. We're coming back next week.'' Prepared and performed by the library staff, the programs are offered to various age groups, such as Tuesday's sessions for toddlers and other weekly readings for preschoolers and babies as young as 1 year old. The tickets are free to children with library cards, but reservations are necessary. However, walk-in reservations take precedence The order in which an expression is processed. Mathematical precedence is normally: 1. unary + and - signs 2. exponentiation 3. multiplication and division 4. over phone reservations, said the library staff. Readings toddlers ages 2 to 3 meet on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., and for 3- to 5-year-olds are held on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. A special after-school program for kids ages 8 to 14 is held at the Newbury Park Branch. For more information, call 449-2660. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour Conejo edition only) Raquel Neil of Thousand Oaks follows along with a song with daughter Lexi, 2, on Tueday. (2 -- color in Conejo edition only) Adriann Santer, 2, follow along Tuesday during story hour at Grant R. Brimhall Library. (3 -- ran in Simi edition only) Lisa Pferdner of Thousand Oaks reads with her son Taylor, 3, during story hour Tuesday at Grant R. Brimhall Library. |
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